11:49 PM,
Sep. 22, 2012

Salman Rushdie's life was threatened by Iran's Ayatollah Khomeini after Rushdie wrote 'The Satanic Verses.'

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In the pages of today's Forum, you will find a vigorous discussion about freedom of expression - ranging from the written word to the filmed scene to the the unruly assembly - and the efforts to rein all that in via protest and censorship, a discussion as old as man and as current as today's headlines. You also will find a celebration of the 225th birthday of the U.S. Constitution, home of the First Amendment. That - not Wall Street - is what really keeps America in business.

As for the headlines, a recap: A film that was a crime against art and an insult against Islam was kicking around on the Internet ...